TREATMENT OF LOW GRADE ORES p t Will Meet the Railroads More Mare Than Half Way Ways Wayt t MATTER OF REDUCED RATES i t r SO o SAY AX 0 o OF JAX Ax Asked what the smelters were doing doln toward joining the companies In their dona to make it po for br forthe forthe the producers producer prod n of ores to work ork their mines at t a profit Manager Dager Jones Jonen of the American company stated You can cats state otate that we e stand ready and aid ild to do our oW share at any anytime anytime anytime time YM Ys Y Ill go further than that You n may Ay say sa that we will more than meet any reduction In transportation charges that the te t e railroad may grant Krant grantin in a schedule on treatment I 1 dont know yet what the railroads propose to do but I am ams amsa s sa re that any concessions made by thong them will be more than duplicated by bythe bythe the American company From those thON in touch with wilh the methods of the Cle railroad companies it is I learned that the plan piau likely to be submitted will contemplate the movement of a certain minimum tonne tonnage of low e ores on a graduated schedule to be de determined determined by the metallic contents of ot the material on which contracts contract are made ores having a gross value of ot less than 4 20 per ton to be b given the minimum rate from roni rolD O 20 to a little higher and so on till the ores of a certain fixed value and everything above to be subject sub subject to t ig tariffs Manager Jones was not prepared to say on what basis bui the American com corn company comp pany p would arrange arra Its Ita side of ot the i problem contending it would be time enough to take the matter up when the ther r transportation companies had bad declared themselves on the subject It is not expected the American com corn new plant will br bc ready to go into commission before April and un unforeseen unforeseen foreseen foremen delays may possibly defer the starting a month or two longer loDger and andas andI andas I as the company 11 not be prepared to handle a greatly geatty Increased eased tonnage until th the new smelter is completed it will likely be wen well lo g in the new year ear before the reduced treatment and I transportation schedules ll on I products are Anally nally Iy announced I